Stove



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STOVE.

Patented Feb. 20, 1894.

Wihjesscs W name TATES ATET JAMES A. HORTON AND SAMUEL M. QUEST, OF NEWCASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,147, dated February20, 189%. Application filed August 4, 1893. Serial No. 4:82.364:- (Nomodel.)

To 00% whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. HORTON and SAMUEL M. QUEST, citizens ofthe United States, residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stove, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in heating stoves, the objects inview being to construct a stove wherein a draft of warmair shall be fedto the fuel at a proper point, the combustion increased, and the fuelsaved; and which is adapted to efficiently and constantlyfeed to thefire-pot the said fuel, the whole combined to produce a stove capable ofefficiently consuming in an economic manner the slack grades of coal.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists incertainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularlypointed out in the claims. 7

Referring to the drawings:Figure l is a perspective view of a stoveembodying our lnvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view at a right angle thereto. Fig. 4is a detail in perspective of the magazine.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

The stove consists, in the present instance, of the usual base 1, thefirepot 2, the cylinder or body portion 3, and the cap or crown 1, andthese parts may be of any desired design and have any configuration orornamentation preferred, the same forming no part of our invention. Atdiametrically opposite sides of the-cylinder 3 the same has boltedthereto or cast thereon upon the outside, though it may be upon theinside if so desired, a pair of vertical draft-pipes 7, Whose upper endsare outwardly bent at 6 to form air-receivers and whose lower ends areinwardly disposed and terminate in discharge ends 8 directly above thefirepot 2. These pipes may be securedin position in any suitable manner,for instance, as shown in the drawings, they may be secured to thecylinder of the stove through the medium of clips 9. Theback of thecylinder at its upper end is provided with the usual ofiset 10,in theupper side of which the flanged pipe-opening 11 is formed.

Located in the cylinder of the stove, and in the present instancesupported by the crown 4, is the truncated cone-shaped magazine. 12.This magazine consists of upper and lower bands or rings 13 and 14,respectively, the two being connected by means of curved sections 15bolt-ed at their opposite ends to the rings and provided with a seriesof openings or inwardly beveled slots 16. The lower end of the magazineis flared, and the upper end is provided with a surrounding flange 17which is seated in the upper end of the crown of the stove and is thussupported in position.

A vertical draft pipe 18 is located concentrically within and withrelation to the magazine, and extends from a pointslightly below thesame to a point near the upper end thereof, where it is provided with atransverse branch 19 that passes through an opening 20 in the magazineand terminates opposite the offset 10 in which is formed the flangedpipeopening. The lower end of the central draftpipe 18 is flared and asbefore stated terminates slightly below the magazine directly over thefirepot.

This completes the construction of the stove and the operation thereofis as follows:(lold air is fed into the air-receiving openings 6 at theupper ends of the pipes 7, and in passing down the pipes is, by contactwith the surface of the cylinder, warmed more or less, and finally isdischarged in a comparatively heated condition through the dischargeends 8 of the pipes 7 into the body of coal within the firepot and lowerend of the magazine. This warm air of course facilitates combustion andthe flame from the coal gains access to the body of coal within themagazine through the pipe 18 therein. The hot air and flame from thecoal also pass up through the pipe 18, as do the gases, and said pipebeing perforated at intervals as indicated at 21 from its lower end to apoint opposite the upper laterally disposed portion 19, said warmed airis to a great extent fed from the pipe to the coal. The smoke, gases,and heated air finally pass through the offset 10 and to the chimney.

By our invention it will be seen that no choking of the coal within themagazine is possible, in that the same is flared gradually toward itslower end so that a constant and efficient feed at all times takesplace. The air previous to its introduction into the firepot is heatedby contacting with the hot surface of the cylinder and is dischargedinto the firepot in this condition. This draft of course acceleratescombustion and yet does not waste coa],in that it is already primarilyheated.

We do not limit our invention to the exact details of constructionherein shown and described, but hold that We may make such variationstherein as are Within the knowledge Of the skilled mechanic.

The flame and heated air reach the center of the body of coal in themagazine through the pipe 18, thus igniting the same and greatlyfacilitating its combustion and aiding in its feed.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. In a stove, thecombination with the body portion provided at one side with an offsethaving a pipe-opening, of an internal magazine,-and a central pipelocated in the magazine and having its upper end transversely disposedand terminating opposite said offset, substantially as specified.

2. In astove, the combination with a stovebody, of an internal magazinesupported therein, a central pipe located in the magazine and providedwith perforations, and having its upper end laterally disposed andterminating opposite the pipe-opening of the stove, substantially asspecified.

3. In a stove, the combination with a central magazine, of an internalup-draft pipe located therein and terminating at its lower end adjacentto that of the magazine and above the fire-pot, and at its upper endadjacent to the upper end of the magazine and opposite thechimney-opening, substantially as specified.

4. In a stove, the combination with a cylinder or body-portion, ofopposite external draft pipes arranged at the sides of the cylinder,said pipes having their upper ends outwardlydisposed to formair-receivers and their lower ends inwardly disposed to formair-discharges and extending into the cylinder above the fire-pot,substantially as specitied.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES A. HORTON. SAMUEL M. QUEST. Witnesses:

S. A. MGCRAOKEN,

GEo. R. BALPH.

